it did not run in the "washington post." the post pulled the curtain because it was a pro eisenhower paper. mr. block was pro stephenson. they felt that mr. block's opinion of eisenhower failing to control mccarthy and nixon went too far. might perhaps persuade voters not to vote for him. it didn't run. it did run in the areas where mr. block was syndicated in the other newspapers. what you need to know about this cartoon, "washington post" readers missed it. they knew a cartoon had appeared elsewhere. it hadn't appeared their home town paper. they are angry. "washington post" ran every single cartoon that mr. block chose to draw after that. he had a lot of power at the post as a cartoonist. web see that mr. block's art style evolved from that midwestern pen and ink drawn to very loose drawing style. he used whiteout both as a way to control his mistakes and enhance his i believe. on this canoe being guided by president kennedy, he's got budget written in whiteout on top of the ink and pencil so that it stand out in his carto

"the washington post" reporting that special counsel robert mueller is taking a look at the time last summer when president trump seemed to determine to fire attorney general jeff sessions, publicly humiliating him as he did today. did that amount to a potential obstruction of justice? i've spoken to a washington post-reporter josh dossey right before we went on air. what can you tell us about mueller's interest regarding attorney general sessions and president trump? >> right. so special counsel mueller has shown intense interest in a period this summer in late july where president trump was publicly shaming jeff sessions, saying that he was disappointing him. he was calling him beleaguered on twitter, and behind the scenes he was frequently fuming about the russia investigation and the attorney general. what special counsel mueller's investigation is trying to discern is whether in those conversations he was trying to fire jeff sessions or push jeff sessions out so he could exert more control over the investigation. as we've reported and others have countless times, the president is

at the same time, jeff bezos who owns amazon also owns "the washington post," and the president often has issue with the coverage of his administration and businesses and so forth by "the washington post." he did a couple of tweets again today where he talks about the post office losing $1.50 on average per package that it delivers for amazon. amazon has a contract with the u.s. postal service that is an agreed-upon rate. the u.s. postal service often has financial problems and runs in the red year after year. but to attribute that to amazon is certainly questionable. then he says, the failing "new york times" reports that the size of the lobbying staff has ballooned, then he goes on to say that does not include "the washington post" which uses a lobbyist. those are tip agitator comments from the president going against media. he is certainly swinging at amazon and "the washington post" today, alex. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you so much from west palm for us. alexi and erin, alexi, first to you on this whole amazon thing, what are the president's calculations on attacking amazon? does

of "the washington post" that mcmaster is likely out. this week president trump has been downplaying the chaos inside the white house. there are reports veterans affairs secretary david shulkin could be next. his job has been in question since it came to light he used taxpayer dollars for a trip to europe with his wife. among the names being mentioned as possible replacements pete hegset shchlt, "fox & friends" weekend host who is a trump confidant and sounding board on veterans policy from time to time and called hegseth for policy advice while the sitting affairs secretary was in the room. hegseth is a veteran but no prior government experience and the v.a. is a massive bureaucracy. one more quote from "the washington post" story tonight before we bring one of the authors on, this is based on 19 sources. the mood inside the white house in recent days has verged on mania, as trump increasingly keeps his own counsel and senior aides struggle to determine the gradations between rumor and truth. at times they say they are anxious and nervou

>>> recapping the breaking news that is just posted at the "the washington post" website, a story citing 19 advisers and administration officials saying the mood at the white house verges on mania and the president has decided to remove another top national security official, president trump according to "the washington post" deciding to remove h.r. mcmaster as his national security advisor. why not. that does it for us, it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> i read that, and i wondered what was the mood before? what was the word for it? why wouldn't it be mania. i have to say some of what the postwas describing is what people in the country tell me they're feeling every day when they watch the white house, what is the next crazy thing that's going to happen. these people seem worried that the next crazy thing might be something to happen to them. >> that tells you something about the mind set of the people in there. it is also remarkable for me to look at these -- there's four "the washington post" reporters by lined here and they're trump administration veterans who

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this was the lead of that article in the washington post last week. officials in four countries have privately discussed ways to manipulate jared kushner by taking advantage of lack of foreign policy experience. from the same report, the uae, officials from the uae identified jared kushner as early as the spring of 2017 as particularly manipulative because of his family's search for investors and their real estate company. so uae turns up over and over again, potential efforts to create a personal back channel to putin through this financer guy thought of somebody that can get messages to and from putin. secret meeting being held during the transition without notifying the u.s. government. the foreign government that believes its got sway over jared kushner because kushner and his family have been freaking asking him for money. so uae turns up in all these stories. it all feels drenched in intrigue but we don't know how to connect these things or whether they connect or point in some particularly nefarious direction. well, tonight "the new york times"

the washington post has not held back in its criticism. the washington post attacks on president trump recently, in relation to the mother indictments and various other stories, the allegations by a former porn star, stories the washington post has been covering quite fully, and the president's attacks on amazon. the washington post has not held off in his critique of president trump but neither have many other publications. the other thing we need to bearing mind is commercial property. before becoming resident, he was a broke —— commercial property developer. a lot of his buddies have been whispering, saying, you have to do something to protect us against these digital giants because they are destroying retail parks, shopping centres are being shut down every week. so, that is also very much in the mix whether he acts on that, whether he can act on that, that is a different discussion. various possible motives for which the president might be sending out these tweets and we can ta ke sending out these tweets and we can take our pick on wh

but "the washington post" is not a subsidiary of amazon. it is a separate entity. our news coverage is governed by the leadership of "the washington post," not amazon. in terms of what the president tweeted this morning, ryan, i would just simply say this. if the president is saying that any of the tax treatment of amazon or any company is something that he wants to review tlashgs review, that is fair game. i'm unaware that he is alleging that amazon doesn't pay the proper taxes. i'm also unaware it does not have a legally, you know, in place agreement with the u.s. postal service for a bulk rate. you know, so some of this criticism you have to look at it and wonder if the president's criticism is related to his opinion of "washington post" coverage rather than his view of the tax issues involved. i will just add one more thing. that's that, you know, some people described what the president describes here as unfair treatment. other people simply call it commerce. you know, the amazon is a business and they're in the business of doing busine

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the "washington post" reports tonight president trump's national security advisers warned him not to congratulate putin but he did so despite the warning. >> i had a call with president putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. i suspect that we'll probably be meeting in the not-too-distant future to discuss the arms race which is getting out of control, but we will never allow anybody to have anything even close to what we have. >> the "washington post" says the president's briefing materials included a section that had, quote, all capital letters stating do not congratulate, according to officials familiar with the call. the piece goes on to say trump chose not to heed talking points with aides instructing him to condemn putin about the recent poisoning of a former russian spy in the united kingdom with a powerful nerve agent. it was not clear whether trump read the notes, administration officials said. the trump congrats to putin comes five days after the white house imposed sanctions on russia for its meddling in the 2016 election and other let's also not

that's a report in the "the washington post" tonight. the white house has just released this tweet from the press secretary saying just spoke to potu and general h.r. mcmaster contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the nsc. we will discuss that later in this hour and balance it with what we have learned from "the washington post" tonight. that is simply a tweet from the white house press secretary, so its credibility is whatever you want to assign to it. here is what the president told the "new york times" last july about the special prosecutor investigating his finances. >> if mueller is looking at your finances and your family's finances unrelated to russia, is that a red line? >> would that be a breech of what his actual charge is? >> i would say yes. >> when asked if crossing that red line would lead to firing robert mueller, donald trump said, quote, i can't answer that question because i don't think it's going to happen. well, now it has happened, so what is the president going to do? i

joined the washington post. his last cartoon appeared on august 26. we have about 14,000 of his editorial cartoons. he did give away cartoons to friends. we have the majority of his output. you that see how his career has evolved, his opinions have changed. it gives a sense of how they perceive different presidents and how his style evolved. the next one is about herbert hoover. it shows herbert at the rabid on camp. mr. bloch has depicted hoover leading a couple of capitalists to his camp. and they are fishing. instead of getting economic benefits in the form of cash incentives they get fresh fish to sell. it's on a very smooth board. typical of what would have been produced in the midwest at this point in time. the second cartoon is about fdr. mr. bloch has not yet come to a point where he is embracing the democratic party yet. what you are seeing is a cartoon for makes fun of those being unable to add additional toreme court justices implement his plans to improve the economy. we know that ultimately roosevelt prevailed. bloch is making fun of him f

the former facebook operations manager write this is in the "washington post." ce the data passed from facebook servers to the developer, facebook lost all insight or control over how the da it was a used. to prevent use, facebook created a set of platform policies that forbade. certain activity such as selling the data or passing it to an ad network or data broker such as cambridge. however, facebook had very few ways to discover abuse or act on it once it was discovered. she's one of the people calling for external oversite. what are the chances that happens? >> that's a great question. it's really difficult to do, but the reality is that facebook wasn't able to check and i don't know that in the future they will be able to verify who has access to all of the likes that people voluntarily put out there. it's the mining of it that's disturbing for elections. >> and is is there any good way to know how many people have decide itted to get off facebook as a result of this? >> that's a big question. . i don't know the answer, but that's the key thing to watch. >> u

and the point that the "washington post" is somehow doing the lobbying work of amazon is on its face false. so i reached out to amazon, to the "washington post," also to the u.s. postal service for reaction, richard. no one wanted to say anything about the president's tweets. we got varying degrees of no comment. i would point out though that in terms of policy the white house says it expects to take no actions whether in terms of taxes or sort of retaliatory steps against the online retailers. >> jeff bennett there with the president in florida. thank you so much jeff. >>> want to bring in our panel, jeff mason, some min kim. a lot of moves in the cabinet this week and the question is what is next. some are calling it the spring cleaning since we had the first day of spring recently. >> i think we are all watching for who may be at risk here. i mean there is always chatter whether the chief of staff john kelly is up or down these days. you have to remember the problems that creates for the other end of pennsylvania avenue on capitol hill. once the president goes on a firing spree and

so he got that from "the washington post" in february. jared has problems based on what intelligence officials inside the white house have seen about his behavior since he's been inside the white house. that was "washington post" february 27th. the very next night, february 28th, "new york times" broke their own scoop. that two companies gave a half billion dhar -- dollars, billion with a "b," $500 million in loans to jared kushner's real estate company after they took meetings with jared. apollo global management gave $184 million after one of the top executives met with jared in the white house. similarly, citigroup forked over $325 million to jared's family company after an executive met with him in the white house. february 28th, that's in "the new york times." and then a funny thing happened. a democratic member of congress wrote to the office of government ethics to ask for an advisory opinion on any ethics issues that might emerge from that "the new york times" reporting. dear acting director, on february 28th "the new york times" r

tonight he is speaking out in an op-ed written for the "washington post." he says he learned of his dismissal from a friend who saw the news on television. he also writes, "the next day i woke to find the president of the united states celebrating my punishment. andrew mccabe fired. a great day for the hard-working men and women of the fbi, a great day for democracy. i was sad but not surprised to see that such unhinged public attacks on me would continue into my life after my service to the fbi." let's get to our lead-off panel on this friday night. a rare night in washington for us. featuring two of the very pillars upon which the newspaper of mrs. graham and mr. bradley currently rests. is that an overstatement? ashley parker, white house reporter for the "washington post." phillip rucker, white house bureau chief for the "washington post." we are also so happy to welcome to our broadcast one of the best-known and most widely read journalists in this city, susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today." susan, we'll begin with you. you wrote today ab

the three authors of "the washington post" piece write it this way. "president trump's lawyer told attorneys representing paul j. manafort last summer that the president might be willing to pardon his former campaign chairman if he was charged with a crime stemming from the investigation into russian election interference, according to two people familiar with the discussions." mueller has already indicted paul manafort on several charges of financial fraud. he has pleaded not guilty. he has pointedly not flipped or taken a deal. he's chosen not to cooperate in this investigation. michael flynn, however, has pleaded guilty to lying to investigators and is now cooperating with the special counsel. president trump was specifically asked about the possibility of a pardon for flynn. this was back in december when he did not rule it out. >> about michael flynn, would you consider a pardon for michael flynn? >> i don't want to talk about pardons for michael flynn yet. we'll see what happens. let's see. i can say that. when you look at what's gone on with the

she'll be interviewed by opinion writer katherine rampel of "the washington post" coming up at 6:00 p.m. eastern. while we wait for the event at american university to get under way at 4:30, part of today's "washington journal" focusing on trade as a matter of fact. peter desk, a democrat from vermont. issue ofin with the guns, a lot of talk about

two sources tell "the washington post" that cbs will air the interview on march 25th. mean wile, the lawyer representing the the former porn star says six other women have come forward with stories that are, quote, strikingly similar to his client's. at least two of them have nondisclosure agreements, but admits he has not vetted their stories to a great fwre. the attorney has not determined whether he intends to represent any of those other women. the white house has denied all allegations of affairs involving the president. >>> let's get a check on your wlvr weather now with meteorologist bill karins. >> as we head into the weekend, it will be cold. we place our eyes on what is going to happen next week. let's get into the maps for today because we still have some areas getting snow in south dakota, western number number, some showers and thunderstorms heading for nebraska and kansas city early this morning. temperatures are still on the chilly side, too. it hasn't exactly warmed up. remember how cold it was yesterday in florida. it's still very cold in areas of flor

. >>> plus from "the washington post," mueller gathering evidence that a 2017 meeting was an effort to establish a back channel to the kremlin. >>> plus from "the washington post," mueller gathering evidence that a 2017 meeting was an effort to establish a back channel to the kremlin. >>> also tonight, new reporting on stormy daniels' lawsuit against the president. and trump's attorney michael cohen's attempts to silence her with a restraining order. >>> and vladimir putin shares his thoughts on the president and our political system. "the 11th hour" on a wednesday night begins now. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 412 of the trump administration. and just to keep it fair, there is breaking news tonight from both "the new york times" and "the washington post" in this russia investigation. "times" journalist michael schmidt and maggie haberman report president trump spoke to witnesses about their conversations with special counsel robert mueller's team. we will talk with michael schmidt in just a moment. they write according to three people fa

people have to pay additional taxes to amazon when they purchase a product and the notion that the washington post is somehow the lobbying arm of amazon is, on its face, inaccurate. it appears that the president is using the washington post, his attacks, rather, against amazon as a proxy to attack the washington post, given that jeff bezos owns both. those are two separate entities. in terms of policy, the white house tells us not to expect any new regulations or taxes targeted against the online retailer. philip? >> jeff bennett for us live in west palm beach for us on this saturday. jeff, thank you. with us now, giddeon resident, karen atia, and dave lawler, associate editor at axios. dave i want to start with you, with that expulsion of russian diplomats. why has the president been so silent on this story? >> it's pretty remarkable. there's a big gap between what his administration has done and taken pretty strong action here and what he has said publicly, which on this issue is basically nothing. there's some reporting today in "the new york times" about how his aides have been pushing for him

chief cartoonist for the washington post. seven years later, he was hired i the washington evening star, the rival newspaper. at the time, that was the most widely circulated paper in washington. clifford berryman continued to draw for the washington evening star for the next 42 years. his cartoons appeared almost daily, usually on the front page. he had quite a illustrious career. he won many awards, most notably in 1944, he was awarded the pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning for a world war two related cartoon he had drawn. a wide rangerew on of subjects and he drew a lot of different people and he often gave his cartoons away to the people he drew. there are many collections that have berryman cartoons. in 1945, he gave a collection to the library of congress and that was the largest collection up until the 1990's and our collection came to us in the early 1990's when his daughter, florence, who lived in the family home passed away. when they were cleaning out her house and preparing her possessions for auction, they di

and that's what "the washington post" is calling the days we are living through right now. e most commonly used word to describe the trump white house in the responsible news media is chaos. "the washington post" has called it pure madness. after tiring of doing something that no president before him has ever done, threatening nuclear war with north korea, president trump has chosen to threaten a trade war instead, but not a trade war with north korea. a trade war with canada, our most reliable ally in history and our most important and honest trading partner in history. the president has also threatened a trade war with every other country that produces steel or aluminum. those countries have threatened their own retaliations against their exports, especially the exports that come from paul ryan and mitch mcconnell's states, which caused paul ryan to beg the president not to go through with his plan for a trade war. ashley parker cowrote the article in "the washington post" describing the darkest days will join us next. (avo) if you're burdened by belly pain and constipatio

i think he might hate "the washington post" more. he grew up with "the new york times." th maggie haberman, is kind of obsessed with her. i think "the washington post" is a perfect target for him. yeah, he's tired of the media and he's getting up and tweeting about it. what else is new? >> linette lopez, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> all of this as hope hicks says good-bye at the white house. here they are, cameras rolling. sources say aides are concerned that trump could begin to, their word, unravel without her. others are telling trump he doesn't need a communications director, doesn't need a chief of staff. how much is he listening to them? >>> also ahead the shooter at douglas high school in park land, florida, getting stacks and stacks of fan mail as he sits behind bars. what the sheriff's department had to say about these disturbing piles of letters. >>> and fox news host laura ingram forced to apologize today for making fun of a parkland student, david hogg. some of her advertisers are still pulling out of her show. if you'd have told me three years ago... th

i am joined by the aforementioned robert costa, "washington post." tor of "washington week" on pbs. and jeremy peters is back with us, political reporter for "the new york times." both msnbc analysts. robert, we'll start with you. mr. olsen is a fairly well-known attorney in this country, he was part of the legal dream team along with david boies that argued the landmark gay marriage case. he lost his wife barbara olsen, a frequent guest on this network work, during the 9/11 attacks. he is a man of repute in the legal community. why ted olson, then why did ted olson say no? >> such a revealing moment for this president, brian. he is reaching for the hard-charging personalities. some of them he sees on television to join his legal team. but he knows he also needs gravitas. he had his legal team reach out to mr. olsen and say, could you maybe come on? could you be the heavyweight here to help us go after the russia investigation, to counter this flurry of news and legal developments that seem to happen by the hour? you have a president struggling with a

the washington post reporting that the president's request general ted olsen as the president is feeling more vulnerable to the investigation led by special counsel mueller. the president wants to recruit top tier talents for his legal team which is not a very nice thing for his existing, not necessarily top tier legal team to read in the washington post. but, at last, ted olsen, has turned down the president who requested that he joins his russia team. this comes off after one lawyer in recent days also turned down the president. the mere fact that the president is trying to get new lawyers on board at this late date tells you how serious things have become in serious days or how the white house perceives it to be. our closest over sea allies in the world is great britain. i think -- they still, at least that's what we all thought. let's just assume they are still our most important over sea allies. as such, it is important to us as a country that britain right now is dealing with an incredibly serious situation of their own. >> the assassination of two people on british soils of no con

the "washington post" reported this. the "new york times" reporting many more details and now we have more details. i need to point pout the press secretary hogan gidley deny that had any employees sign ad nondisclosure agreement that had financial penalties in it as the "washington post" reported. it is not something the white house denied. it is how he ran the trump organization by having employees sign these he nondisclosure agreements. >> these are government employees. not his own personal employees. joining us now, jeff flake from arizona. senator, thanks so much for joining us. >> tlots discuss. you heard the former cia director john brennan say he thinks russia may have something personally compromising on president trump. do you agree with that assessment? >> i wouldn't want to speculate at all. i am concerned about the call that was made. and support for putin's election victory or congratulations. i have a problem with that. but i wouldn't want to speculate as to why. >> how do you explain the president's stron

furthermore the "washington post" reports trump is not consulting with top advisers on his russia legales or his comments about the probe. he's instead watching television and calling friends. separately, the "washington post" reports that trump's legal team has attempted to hire the high-profile veteran attorney ted olson, former u.s. solicitor general, however, olson rebuffed the author. ted boustrou sshs, one of his partners said "olson will not be representing donald trump. it just seems like trump is -- only two people who knew what trump did, trump, i think he's got a good memory of what's done. he doesn't know the illegality of what he's done probably. mueller knows pretty much what trump has done an knows all about the illegalities involved. so how does a lawyer represent trump when they don't have that information that both shared -- shared basically now just by mueller and his team, the oppositi opposition, the enemy, and trump? you think trump levels with these lawyers? >> well, i think he has to if he's smart. i mean, it's unclear, of course, what he's telling them, all of i

now to the latest from "the washington post." robert mueller has "gathered evidence that a secret meeting in the seychelles just before the inauguration of donald trump was an effort to establish a back channel between the incoming administration and the kremlin. apparently contradicting statements made to lawmakers by one of its participants, according to people familiar with the matter. in january 2017, eric prince, the founder of the private military company black water, met with a russian official close to president v. vladimir putin and later described the meeting to congressional investigators as a chance encounter that was not a planned discussion of u.s./russia relations. a witness cooperating with mueller has told investigators the meeting was set up in advance so that a representative of the trump transition could meet with an emissary from moscow to discuss future relations between the two countries." the "post" goes on to note an associate of erik prince, lebanese businessman george nader, attended and helped organize

the "washington post" revealing the company sent dozens of workers to advise republican workers.s led to this, a prabran watchdog group saying they violated election law by waiting for the trump, cruz and john bolton operation, plus, 37 states attorney general. and mark zuckerberg to take on the big questions. i'm joined by a contributing writer at the "atlantic", and an expert in the region. i want to know what you think of this coming to the. the benign view is a lot of old stuff looks bad today. rudy giuliani's firm is telling you don't do this, and it looks like you did some of it. >> it's not the only warning that cambridge analytica got. that you can't have foreigners working on your campaign. what's interesting to me is that as the cambridge analytica story comes together we see how much of the trolling and the facebook, fake news, psycho analytic stuff was coming not just from russian bots, but bankrolled by mercers, how much of this was truly domestic. >> daniel? >> well, i think the other interesting thing about the memo that you just identified is that it is addressed

tim alberta of political, is sung-yueng kim of the "washington post". all take money from jeff bezos in some way. how surprised were you to see the president take on amazon this week? >> our sources have told us that the president has talked privately among close friends about amazon for some time that he is concerned they are not paying enough taxes. he's concerned about the revenue effect that the post office may be having from amazon. i will point out here that the postal service has said they are actually gaining money from amazon services. but it is noteworthy, i will point out, that brad parscale, who is the 2020 campaign manager, has stressed this point as well and basically brought in "washington post" tweet criticizing amazon. ist is not amazon that owns the "washington post". it is jeff bezos. you are seeing all of these pieces brought together there with the attacks the president has had towards amazon this week. >> eugene, i sat down with you last week in washington for "march for our lives". all of a sudden a week later that is almost a cas

. >> also new today, the washington post is out with a new report, pure madness. that's how one ally of the president describes his behavior in the wake of recent scandals. aides over the past week have described an anxiety and air of disbelief. we haven't bottomed out. let's bring in nbc news white house correspond department kelly o'donnell. kelly, good morning to you. i want to start first with north korea. did that announcement come as a surprise? >> reporter: well, yes, and we're trying to really determine was it an announcement? was it a hint? was it a part of the president's planned humor? now remember, this is an event where the president is intentionally making fun of himself, of his administration, of the political environment and so there was some clearly attempts at humor in that piece of this. this is a dinner that has never been televised in its 133 years so we're rye lying elying on a reporters who were in there who transcribed the peresident. what was he saying that was funny and was he trying to make some head way. in the tape you played about the

this breaking news from the "washington post." i want to go straight to our jessica snyder now. jess karks obviously this is very significant report from "the washington post" tonight. and it comes as when you hear the president's tweets or the comments that we just played that he had said about jeff sessions. jeff sessions never responded. right. he never, never responded to an insult from president trump. but today when the president came out and slammed him, called him disgraceful, in handling the situation into the fisa process, he fought back and fought back loud and clear. >> he did. he issued that statement, erin, that it's not a statement we have seen before. we haven't seen jeff sessions push back. but the reasons really for this, erin, are two fold. as you mentioned before when you were talking to josh, this was attack on the department of justice as a whole and the way it operates. the president asked in that tweet why did jeff sessions ask the inspector general to investigate these potential fisa abuses? well, that's exactly what the inspector general does, that's hi

i know he doesn't like what's reported in the "washington post" and he associates amazon with the "washingtonost" or bezos has an interest in the "post." i wish we would depoliticize this and look at the facts. is there a concern about amazon's acquisition of whole foods or mergers? absolutely, there is a concern in terms of what those kinds of mergers would do to small businesses businesses, to wages. instead of having the president tweet out, singling out companies, really this should be a matter for the justice department and not in a politicized way. but then as you know, andrea, this president has politicized almost every aspect of the federal government and it does no service to people who really want to have a thoughtful approach to prevent a monopolization. >> democratic congressman from silicon valley, thank you very much. good to see you again. >>> coming up next -- fan club president. the special call, roseanne barr received from the white house about the reboot of her hit show. the inside scoop next right here on "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us. the day after chemo might m

"the washington post" reporting that the president's request to former solicitor came as the president is feeling more vulnerable to the investigation led by special counsel robert mueller. the president said he wants to recruit top tier talent for his legal team, which is probably not a very nice thing for his existing, not necessarily top tier legal team to read in the washington post. but at least, ted olson turned down the president, turned down the president that requested he join his russia team. this comes after at least one other blue chip lawyer in recent days as also reportedly turned down the president. but the mere fact the president is trying to get lawyers on as of this late date, how newly serious the white house perceives to be. our closest overseas ally in the world is great britain. i think -- i mean, they still -- i mean, at least that's what we thought for the past several generations. let's assume they are still the most important overseas ally. as such, it's important to us as a country that britain right now is dealing with an incredibly serious situation of thei

msnbc political analyst, "the washington post" white house bureau chief and analyst phillip rucker and former press secretary and ken delandian. thank you for coming in tonight. let's start with the gridiron dinner because this is -- the president to say that the president has had an uneasy relationship with the town of washington with the press i think is something of an understatement. how did -- ken, you were there. how did it come across in the room? >> well, you know, it was a moment of suspense because donald trump avoided the black tie suares. he would have to sit here where they do skits and -- >> we should probably explain that. gridiron is one of the odest clubs in washington. black tie or white tie? >> white tie and tails. >> for men. and there are as you point out skits from journalists, especially people who, you know, are new to the club and the president traditionally attends and makes a spech. >> that's right. >> president obama from what i know was a hit in the past. >> and george w. bush and many presidents before him. so donald trump passed the test of sitting throug

michelle: a piece of the washington post is looking at israel. >> the washington post is looking at amilar case affecting thousands of israelis of african origin. it's quite long, but worth the read. they are facing the prospect of being deported to their country of origin. they came illegally into israel after political conflict in sudan. they have grown up in israel. i have never known anything else. they are facing the prospect of going back to a country that is seemingly foreign to them. they are finding that they are in this dilemma now. israeli government told them to accept $3500 to go back or face jail. 20,000 people taken up this effort to leave the country. many don't want to leave. interviewed by the washington post, he talks about his life. he is working a part-time job. he loves basketball. now his life is virtually on hold. he speaks arabic, hebrew, and english. he is israeli and this is a fate that is affecting many people right now. ishelle: finally, macron facing the wrath of doctors over his wine habit. >> we might say a barrel of criticism. french doctors wrote in t

it's revealed in the washington post that the vatican is behind this company. in the place lights up. there's like hate mail that comes in. it's very aggressive. and to see it ricochet and how the aides to the president were trying to respond and then the answers they were sending out were not excepted. i came across a memo from one of his top aides. to kennedy saying hey boss, this is what's going on. it's a problem. here's what were trying to do. if you have any other guidance give it to me. otherwise the authorities are going to do with it. in the late '90s i think most of us in this room recall what became known as the scandal involving the white house intern named monica lewinsky who lived in an apartment there is a chapter called what did you find out about how ms. lewinsky lived in the watergate while under siege from the press did you interview her for the book or reach out to her. a hard person to reach out for. because of what she's been through. i understand it. she has erected walls around her. my request to talk to her didn't get through at least i

the president has expressed antipathy for bezos and the "washington post" for a long time. a lot of that is the political coverage. his criticism that it pays taxes differently than other retailers, that fits in a line ever criticism that amazon has taken for years. under the obama administration, there was a bipartisan push to change the way internet retailers not just amazon pay taxes on sales sort of across the country. so it is not as though the president is coming from some wildly outside the mainstream position here. but it is intensely personally charged. >> yeah, let's not pretend that this is anything more than the president being upset with the "washington post," please. this is blue smoke and mirrors. >> he says he said it before the election. >> doesn't matter. it's still an impetus that he doesn't like them. where is he going after facebook or -- i don't know. sinclair broadcasting. he doesn't like the mergers of time warner. he will fight that. but where is he fighting sinclair? they have broadcasting in 75% of the markets now and they are shoveling out propaga

here at the table david maraniss of the "washington post" and webb author of ten books. we'll go to another vietnam veteran. good morning. >> caller: yes, hello, washington, and the world that's listening to this station. i have direct knowledge about why the vietnam war went on. it goes all the way back to the turn of the century when the french went there and economists went there to take charge of en enindochina it was called and used it as stepping stone for their economy of rubber plantations and opium. >> is that correct? >> well, i would say that when you go to vietnam, jim has gone there almost every year. i've been there for my book. and you will see that in the perspective of the vietnamese today, the americans are the least -- the country that they heated the least out of the french, and americans. because the french colonized. that's different than fighting a war. so i think the french aspect totally economic. and the rubber plantations were a vital part of that. >> senator webb, a key player in this, westmoreland, how do people view his role? >> let me say so

joined the washington post that mcmaster is likely out. president trump has been down playing the chaos inside the white house. there are reports veterans affair secretary could be next. his job has been in question since it came to light. he used a trip to europe with his wife. among the names being mentioned as possible replacements fox and friends according to the washington post is a trump confidant. trump reportedly called last week on speakerphone for policy advice. he is a veteran but has no prior government experience and the v.a. is a massive bureaucracy. the mood inside the white house in resent days as trump keeps his own council to determine between rumor and truth. at times they say they are anxious and nervous, wondering what each new head it's line may mean for them personally. we are peter baker for new york times and anita. all right. phillip, we owe it to you having just heard -- and i highlighted the active wording. that is the white house push-back. it is 11:04 and change eastern time. we have to say this because things

post" by extension, asking them to register as a lobbyist. >> i do not believe that the "washington post should register as a lobbyist. i believe deeply in the first amdment. that doesn't mean that i always agree with the editorials of "washington post." but i would not require newspapers to register as lobbyists. >> how much does it disturb you that the president seems to attack the first amendment rights time after time. >> i think it's important for those of us in public life to stand up for the first amendment. i'm a great believer in the bill of rights, new jersey was the first state to ratify the bill of rights in 179. i'm very proud of that and i'm a strong supporter of the first amendment and the other amendments in the bill of rights. >> may i interpret the answer to say that you disagree with the president's approach? >> i do. >> okay. i want to get your take on epa chief scott pruitt and the fact that he's under scrutiny for this apparent sweetheart deal, $50 a night for a hotel room. or rather for a residential room. in the capitol hill area, that on average goes for about $1